Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-07


Democratic convent tion. which assembled
shortly before noon, was thrown into q
| furry as unexpected as it was for time
lively. Temporary Chairman Hill bad Just
| concluded his address when James McKen-
| zie introduced q resolution heartily endo,s-
ing the administration of President Cleve-
laud and moved it's adoption without
waiting the completion of the permaaent
organization or formslity of reference to q
committee on resolutions.
Mckenzie was cheered as he read his 1880
luton, but Congressman Faulkner sprang
to his feet and moved that McKenzie's
motion be laid upon the table, declaring
it's adoption would commit the Democracy
Of Kentucky to policies to which it was
known to be anta9Onistic, such as silver.
civil SERVICE etc. He was for any resolu9
tion endorsing President Gievefand's hon.
esty and integrity of purpose. Cheers)
After withdrawing his motion to lay upon
the table, his motion that the resolution
be referred to a COMMITTEES on resolutions
WAS passed. Chairman Hill afterwards de-
cided McKenz e's motion was out of order.
The convention then proceeded to perma-
nent organization.
THE PLATFORM.
The State Convention met late. plat
form was written and drawn up by Hons.
John G. Carlisle and Henry Watterson.
That part which is ofNational interest and
which was adopted is as follows:
We declare our confidence in the integri-
ty and conscientious devotion to duty Of
President Cleveland and congratulate the
country and party upon the accession of
the Democratic administration, National
economic and clean, and we particularly
applaud the President for the ability and
courage, with which he has
protected, the Treasury, from pillage
by his exercise Of the veto power.
We favor an honest Civil Service reform, by
which we mean the enforcement OF faithful
performance by persons appointed to Of
fee OF all public duties entrusted to them,
and to this end as we'll as to the mainten-
ance OF the spirit OF our representative
form OF Government, We demand the strict
est measure of personal and party respon-
sibility. and are opposed to substitution in
the room Of this, of life tenure, q civil PEN
sion list and all other appendages OF the
bureaucratic system, foreign to the genius
Siour institutions and people.
We declafe the honest money of the Con.
stitution good enough for the people as ex-
vertable into money on demand, and are
opposed to all sumptuary laws. We con-
tend that there are already on our statute
books sufficient general laws having local
application to protect the public morals
without infringing on private rights.
We sympathize with the people OF Ire
land and their struggle for local govern.
ment. and we unite with the friends of lib
eral progress in all parts OF the world in de-
nouncing the cOercive measures now pending
in che British parliament as a menstrous
crime against a brave, generous and long
suffering people: an obstruction to human
freedom, abhorrent to the spirit of liberty
in every land.
Weview with alarm the growing tendency
among certain classes OF citizens to seek
the aid and bounty of the Federal Govern
ment, and as an incident to this tendency
to enlarge the powers granted to multiply
powers never contemplated by the consti-
tuition, and we re-assert the time-honored
Democratic doctrine that all powers not
delegated to the United States are reserved
to the States respectively, or to the people.